Tessa FloreanoDec 2, 20141 min readLife, post-NaNoWriMoAhhh, my kinda-normal looking desk after 30 days of write-write-writing craziness. But it was good for me. I needed it. I came away...
Tessa FloreanoDec 1, 20143 min readOde to a mentor and thank you NaNoWriMo 2014Growing up Warnick. That was going to be the title of my mentor's book, but it's not to be. You see, Kyle Warnick passed away in a tragic...
Tessa FloreanoNov 23, 20141 min readNaNo desk Week 3Note the remnants of a NaNo-required Pepsi and a fresh, cool glass of Domaine de Pouy--one to get me through the afternoon, one to get me...
Tessa FloreanoNov 15, 20141 min readNaNo desk Week 2The desk is getting messier and instead of cleaning it, I took time out last Sunday to watch the Seattle Seahawks play against the New...
Tessa FloreanoNov 4, 20141 min readNaNoWriMo Live at the Seattle Public LibraryIf you've ever wondered what it would be like to have dozens, nay, hundreds of people watch you write, wonder no more. Gabriella Frank, a...
Tessa FloreanoNov 1, 20141 min readThe unofficial Book Lover's DayIt's November 1st and the History Channel seems to have deemed it the unofficial Book Lover's Day. The true National Book Lover's Day was...
Tessa FloreanoOct 31, 20141 min readHalloNaNoweenPhoto editing courtesy of Google Plus In honor of the great pumpkin goddess, my third NaNoWriMo, and the happy occasion of Samhain, I've...
Tessa FloreanoOct 27, 20141 min readPrepping for NaNoWriMoLess than a week until the next novelling November is upon us (eek!). There's no HalloNaNoWeen at Denny's this year however, I'll still...
Tessa FloreanoOct 24, 20142 min readMe, Emily Carr, and NaNoWriMoEmily Carr, forest lover and Canadian icon, wrote in her journal about the job of a writer: "You yourself are nothing, only a channel for...